| 100% | NEWKIDONTHEBLOCKADE | 19 | Member of a boy band with nine top 10 hits / Supply line cutter |
| 36% | STYX | 4 | Band with the top 10 hits "Lady" and "Babe" |
| 35% | REM | 3 | Band that had a 1987 top 10 hit with "The One I Love" |
| 35% | ONEREPUBLIC | 11 | Band that had a top 10 Billboard hit with "Counting Stars" |
| 34% | SANTANA | 7 | Starting in 1999, rock band with a song in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for 42 consecutive weeks |
| 34% | JUSTIN | 6 | ___ Timberlake, former member of the boy band Nsync who went solo with the single "Cry Me A River" |
| 33% | ACEOFBASE | 9 | Starting in 1993, Swedish pop band with a song in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for 48 consecutive weeks: 3 wds. |
| 33% | HALO | 4 | Beyoncé Top 10 hit with the line "I got my angel now" |
| 33% | YES | 3 | Band with the 1983 hit "Owner of a Lonely Heart" |
| 33% | COPA | 4 | Setting of a top 10 Barry Manilow hit |
| 32% | LOWRIDER | 8 | Top 10 funk hit from War with an iconic bass line (1975) |
| 32% | BTS | 3 | South Korean boy band who had a hit with Dynamite |
| 31% | HELLOKITTY | 10 | Japanimation character with a line of school supplies |
| 31% | TAINTEDLOVE | 11 | 1981 Top 10 hit for Soft Cell, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 31% | FOO/XFIGHTER | 12 | [*cross out* Member of a certain 1990s-2000s rock band] Censor unhappy with "Family Guy" and "Glee," maybe? |
| 30% | BEVERLYSILLS | 12 | The members of the Metropolitan Opera were hit with a host of problems, including ___ |
| 30% | EEL | 3 | Member of a conger line? |
| 30% | PAWNS | 5 | Members of a chess line |
| 29% | HANSON | 6 | Boy band with the hit "MMMBop" |
| 29% | SEABASSIST | 10 | Member of a cruise ship band? |
| 29% | ALLANADALE | 10 | Member of a legendary outlaw band |
| 29% | COUNTRYROCKETTE | 15 | Member of a rural kick line? |
| 29% | BAHAMEN | 7 | Band with a 2000 Grammy-winning hit that's on Rolling Stone's list of all-time "most annoying songs" |
| 29% | OTOWN | 5 | Boy band with the hit "Liquid Dreams" |
| 29% | MASKEDMOVER | 11 | Member of a top-secret relocation crew? |
| 29% | TRUSTEE | 7 | Member of a board with administrative power |
| 29% | THEPRETENDERS | 13 | Band with the 1982 Top 10 hit "Back on the Chain Gang": 2 wds. |
| 29% | DONTSTOP | 8 | 1977 top 10 hit for Fleetwood Mac, the band that accounts for one of Stevie Nicks's Hall of Fame inductions: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BRYANADAMS | 10 | Singer with the 1985 top 10 hit "Summer of '69": 2 wds. |
| 29% | BIGTIMERUSH | 11 | Boy band with a Nickelodeon series: 3 wds. |